marooned
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ma·roon 1
(mə-ro͞on′)tr.v. ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons
1. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
2. To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.
n.
1. often Maroon
a. A fugitive black slave in the West Indies in the 1600s and 1700s.
b. A descendant of such a slave.
2. A person who is marooned, as on an island.
[From French marron, fugitive slave, from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway, perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains), from Latin cȳma, sprout; see cyma.]
ma·roon 2
(mə-ro͞on′)n.
A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.
[French marron, chestnut, from Italian marrone.]
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marooned
(məˈruːnd)adj
1. left ashore and abandoned, esp on an island
2. isolated without resources
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| Adj. | 1. | marooned - cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard" unaccompanied - being without an escort |
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marooned
[məˈruːnd] adj (= stuck) → coincé(e)to be marooned in → être coincé(e) dans
He spent twenty-four hours marooned in the cab of his vehicle → Il a passé vingt-quatre heures coincé dans la cabine de son véhicule.
marooned at home → coincé(e) chez soi
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